Chapter 1073 - 442: Taboo_3

Chapter 1073: Chapter 442: Taboo_3

He followed the exit of Yi Pass and left, continuing forward. Guided by the road beneath his feet, he quickly arrived at the edge of the grassland.

The road ahead was blocked by a large mountain. To enter the mountain, he had to shatter the large rock blocking the cave entrance.

This was the trial of cultivation realm, simple and crude.

Under the Master of Breaking the Game’s enhancement, Wu Chang’s attribute reached 300 points of Strength Attribute even without using the Sea Giant transformation.

He didn’t use any abilities, simply stood plainly next to the rock, and pushed it aside.

While the rocks used to test a cultivator’s realm are naturally not ordinary stones, even an ordinary Great Grandmaster would find it extremely difficult to shatter it.

Yet such a solid giant rock was pushed aside forcefully by Wu Chang’s brute strength, revealing the road behind it blocked.

What Skills, what technique — since the trial is named ’Power,’ why not use brute force?

As the rock was pushed away, a prompt appeared before Wu Chang.

「You have completed the fourth trial in the Kaiyang Immortal Palace and gained one layer of Kaiyang Fortune.」

「You have received the blessing of Power. During the World Dungeon, your Strength Attribute increases by 5%, and the influence of Demon Qi decreases by 5%.」

Wu Chang entered the cave and, with a slight blur, arrived in a hall.

He glanced left and right. Erin and An Rong had not completed their trials; he was the first to come out.

The hall was quite spacious. In previous rounds, there were always dozens of cultivators trying to pass. Here, only two remained in the hall.

One of them wore a long robe, resembling a Scholar, pacing back and forth in the hall, with the index and middle fingers of his right hand joined, gesturing before him as if calculating something.

He noticed Wu Chang, only shifting his gaze to him for a moment before taking it back to continue his calculations.

The other cultivator was dressed like a wanderer, dressed simply, even appearing untidy, with a giant wine gourd the size of a watermelon hanging at his waist and a long spear by his side.

He seemed to recognize Wu Chang, cupped his hand towards him, then continued drinking from the wine gourd.

Two odd ones.

While Wu Chang was observing the two, Erin walked into the hall from the cave.

She stood quietly in place and used Spiritual Power to inform Wu Chang that during her passing of Yi Pass, she discovered some connection between Demon Qi and Immortal Fate, and took some time to confirm it.

After Wu Chang heard, he shared his findings with Erin.

While the two were discussing through spiritual communication, An Rong, slightly breathless and with a somewhat unstable aura, entered the hall from the cave.

Unlike when facing Wu Chang and Erin, seeing An Rong’s appearance, the Scholar and the Drunkard immediately stopped their actions.

The Drunkard first spoke:

"Little Tai Sui, have you found a way to break through the fifth trial this time?"

An Rong shook his head and said: "Senior Su, the one who found a way to break through the fifth trial this time wasn’t me, but the Sect Leader Tang beside me."

The Drunkard looked at Wu Chang with surprise and said:

"Little Tai Sui, don’t deceive me. Given Brother Tang’s cultivation, I’m not surprised if he can pass the first four trials, but the fifth trial’s content clearly doesn’t favor the combat style of the Tang Sect."

An Rong smiled and said: "Whether it’s true or false, Senior Su, you will soon know."

An Rong didn’t say much more to the Drunkard and turned to Wu Chang to explain:

"In ancient times, people also called the Kaiyang Star ’Mars,’ thinking Mars governs all Martial Fortune, and the final trial of Kaiyang Immortal Palace corresponds to Mars’s Martial character."

"The Immortal Mansion Master left a clone through Immortal Technique. Only by defeating the clone in Martial Arts can one pass the fifth trial."

Wu Chang raised his eyebrows slightly. It seemed not too difficult as long as he defeats the clone to pass the trial.

An Rong noticed Wu Chang’s thoughts and said:

"There’s no shortcut to defeating the clone. Follow me, Sect Leader Tang, and you’ll understand after seeing it once."

An Rong led Wu Chang and Erin through the hall towards the distant wooden pavilion.

The Scholar and the Drunkard exchanged a glance, put down their matters, and followed.

The moment they entered the wooden building, Wu Chang felt a wave of suppressive force aiming to restrain his power.

He coldly snorted, protected himself with Divine Thunder, accompanied by slight lightning crackles, the suppressive force did not take effect.

Trivial tricks.

Before Wu Chang could become complacent, a prompt appeared before him.

「Player refuses to have strength suppressed. Maintaining fairness in the trial. The fifth trial cannot be generated.」

Wu Chang: ?

What about Mars, lacking virtue, unable to suppress the trial participants’ power due to inferior skills, and refusing to initiate the trial?

An Rong explained from the side:

"Sect Leader Tang, in the fifth trial’s initiation, all participants’ cultivation will be suppressed at the Spirit Realm. Refusing limitation makes the trial impossible."

Wu Chang sighed, being under a roof requires lowering one’s head.

He and Erin had to loosen their Defense and voluntarily accept the suppressive force restraining their powers.

An Rong, seeing Wu Chang single-handedly defeat the Candle Yin Remains, said nothing, but the Scholar and the Drunkard’s eyes widened with disbelief.

It was their first time seeing a cultivator resisting an Immortal Technique suppression, and not only could Tang Wu Chang do it, but his wife could also. When did they become so powerful?

Could it be, the Immortal Fate really will be taken by them?

After a brief shock, they steadied their minds, mentally noting that merely high cultivation isn’t useful in the fifth trial, as the Tang Sect specializes in ranged attacks and Hidden Weapons, these petty tricks could not work in front of the Immortal Mansion Master’s projection.

With Wu Chang and Erin’s cooperation, the space in the center of the wooden pavilion twisted, and a figure of a tall man wearing armor, with a blurred face, holding a long spear, and surrounded by ribbons on his arms, slowly formed before everyone.

This was the projection of the Immortal Mansion Master mentioned by An Rong.

The Immortal Mansion Master draws power from Mars, with his appearance differing in detail from the Wooden Carving of Martial Star Monarch, but their temperament is similar. Just a glance shows they share the same lineage.

Wu Chang had personally witnessed the Martial Arts of the Wooden Carving of Martial Star Monarch, which refined to perfection, can smooth the significant power gap between the carving projection and the Master of the Deep Sea.

No wonder Kaiyang Immortal Mansion has been discovered for so long yet no one can complete the fifth trial. The Immortal Mansion Master’s Martial Arts, even just thirty or forty percent of that of the Wooden Carving of Martial Star Monarch, is not something ordinary cultivators can withstand, let alone that trial participants’ realms are forcibly suppressed.

Lower cultivation means less damage output, and the effect of Martial Arts grows.

For World Dungeon players, entering the trial with suppression almost seals off their chances of success.

But for Wu Chang, this rule instead brings him an opportunity to complete the trial.